Linnceus, 347 
probation of Dillenius, he dedicated to 
him the Critica Botanica ; in which he ex- 
plains his reafons for the change of names, 
and for the eftabHfhment of new diftinc- 
tions, both of which, he well knew, would 
be confidered as dangerous innovations. 
Thefe volumes foon found their way into 
the libraries of the curious in E?tgland ; 
though the Hortus Cliffortianus was, at firft, 
only difperfed through the munificence of 
Mr. Clifford. The fimplicity of the 
claffical characters as the bails, the uni- 
formity of the generical notes, confined 
wholly to the parts of frudtification, and 
that precifion which marked the fpecific 
diftindions, advantages, of which all fore- 
going fyftems were deftitute, foon com- 
manded the affent of the unprejudiced; and 
an interval of a few years, gave Lin nous's 
method a decided fuperiority with EngUjh 
botanifts. 
After the eftablifliment ofLiNN^us in 
the profefTorihip in the year 1741, the pub- 
lication of the ThefeSy afterwards, in a col- 
ledled form, called the Amcenitates Acade- 
micce^ commenced, and, in lefs than tea 
years. 
